Thierry Villard, is a language teacher, from the Institute of Technology at the University of Bordeaux. He’s been collaborating on a virtual exchange project with the university of Léon in Spain for the past 6-7 years. Some background to the project: This collaboration is between the University of Bordeaux, France Read More …
Francesca Drago, from the Scuola Centrale di Formazione, a vocational training centre Francesca Drago is a virtual exchange enthusiast living in Catania, Sicily. She works at the Scuola Centrale di Formazione which is a vocational training centre. Students coming here focus on training in fields such as hospitality, graphics, wellness, Read More …
Dr Alexandra Reynolds is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics from the University of Bordeaux. She teaches English and Linguistics and does research in the same field. She is head of Internationalisation at Home Virtual Exchange initiatives for the faculty of Science. She talks to UNICollaboration about the status of Virtual Read More …
Hiba Ibrahim is the first recipient of UNICollaboration’s brand new ‘Excellence in service’ badge. She’s a 5th year PhD candidate in Applied Linguistics at York University in Canada and is very much hoping to finish her dissertation this year. She’s of Palestinian/Jordanian descent, and dreams to continue her research in Read More …
Exploring the Impact of Virtual Exchange on Teacher Education Léon – Spain, 8-9 February UNICollaboration is co-hosting this event together with the VALIANT project consortium at University of Léon, Spain. The conference will provide a venue to explore research-based studies and bring together teachers and researchers who are interested Read More …
It’s been a busy and productive year for our editors at the Journal of Virtual Exchange. The team have been preparing new articles for publication and you can now download Vol .6 (2023) . Journal of Virtual Exchange (JVE) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed journal aimed at practitioners and researchers in Read More …
Dear UNICollaboration members, We would like to inform you about important updates related to your future membership renewals as of 2024. As of 2024, memberships will last a solar year, so they will all expire on the 31st of December of the year concerned and membership fees, with the sole exception of Student’s Read More …
Abstract Videoconferencing is a popular mode of communication in virtual exchange (VE) settings. Recognising technological affordances of teletandem via videoconferencing, we developed a web-based system, L2 (second language) Learning system (L2L), for university language students’ teletandem reflections. L2L provides visualisations of conversation metrics, which students reflect on as a means Read More …